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How Boy Scout Troop# 542 in Maple Glen, PA Helped Upper Dublin High School “Be Prepared” for Hurricane Isaias
Boy Scout founder and “Be Prepared” motto creator Robert Baden-Powell, when once asked “Prepared for what?” replied, “Why for any old thing”. Thank goodness Eagles Scout Troop...
Friends With Benefits: Why Letting Your Flowers Cohabitate with Your Veggies is a Great Idea!
Typically, we plan our vegetable gardens around companion planting guides similar to the one below which shows which food crops cohabitate well with each other. For example, we know...
#VforVictoryGardens
Record numbers of families are going back to their roots by growing their own food. The renewed interest in urban farming during the Covid-19 virus is likened to the...
Serotonin From Soil? Yes Please!
Close your eyes for a moment. Take a deep breath, and as you inhale, you smell the rich, earthy scent of soil in your garden. When you exhale, you...
Gushing From Gutters Or Pouring from Pipes: Why Both Water Emergencies Should Worry You
If you arrived home to find a ruptured pipe which had gushed 1246 gallons of water on to your floor (enough to fill 31 bathtubs), you would certainly be...
Coverdale Farm Preserve – A Vision of Soil-Centric Agriculture
Michele Wales, Farm Manager of Coverdale Farm Preserve, wasn’t halfway through our office door when the words “regenerative agriculture” filled the air. This is when we instantly realized that...
Compost Fixed the Liberty Bell’s Cracked Soil!
Can you imagine what your 1/2 acre lawn would look like with 80,000 people per year walking through it or stopping to lay out a blanket for a picnic...
Let’s Celebrate Compost During ICAW 2019!
International Compost Awareness Week: a Perfect Time to Support Your Soil & PHS: City Harvest, too! Compost provides soil with organic matter, nutrients and biology to grow healthy, nutritious food! ...
REGENERATE Your Soil! Because Sustainability is So Yesterday…
Wait—what? We hear about sustainability every day. What has changed? Soil scientists predict that within the next 50 years, if soil is not protected and regenerated, it will be...
#SoilYourUndies
The latest social challenge for millennial farmers and soil enthusiasts… When was the last time you heard an adult say “I soiled my undies” and you couldn’t wait to...
Feed Your Soil & Feed Your Neighbors During Compost Awareness Week, May 5-13, 2018
May 5-13, 2018 is International Compost Awareness Week, and once again we are celebrating by supporting local food banks and food assistance programs. We hope you will join us!...
How Black Gold Helped Mercedes Benz Stadium Achieve Platinum
Scott Jenkins is the General Manager of the newly-designed Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, home of the Atlanta Falcons. Scott had a vision to be #1, and was determined to...
Dedication: It’s What Gets Us All Paid!
We know how time sensitive stabilization can be when approaching the end of a project. It is critically important to get your seed down and achieve germination before the...
Marketing Topdressing is E-Z with our Topdressing Tool Kit!
Want to Start Offering Topdressing? Already Offer Topdressing, but Want to Increase Sales? Check out our Topdressing Marketing Tool Kit! Topdressing Flyer Here is a flyer you can send...
What Business-Boosting Super Power Would You Choose?
Would you wish for improved moisture holding capacity in your soil, so your plants would have increased drought tolerance and stay vibrant all summer? Would you want to lighten...
Compost for Cupboards Benefits PHS City Harvest During International Compost Awareness Week
International Compost Awareness Week, May 7-14, 2017, is a time to celebrate the many benefits of compost, as well as those who use it to benefit others. This year,...
The 12 Days of Compost
ICYMI, Here is An Encore Presentation of Your Favorite Laurel Valley Soils Team Members Presenting The 12 Days of Compost! And no video is complete without its Bloopers!...
Stormwater Soils: Which Mix is Right for Your Project?
Stormwater management BMP’s (Best Management Practices) are part of every new construction project. Installation of Bio-retention basins and rain gardens is a common method used for capturing storm water....
Stormwater – From Waste to Resource
Historically land development projects were designed with the objective of maximizing the built space within both the building footprint and the parking area, with little consideration given to much else....
I Won’t Forget To Plant Flowers on Your Grave
Gravener: n. A Grave Gardener The award for the most unusually cool application using our Enriched Topsoil goes to The Woodlands for their Grave Gardeners Program. Yup—I said it—Grave Gardeners!...
Sports Turf: It’s All About Recovery
Whether you are a Golf Superintendent, Sports Field Manager, or Homeowner with a passion for a beautiful lawn, topdressing with Laurel Valley Soils STA-Certified Premium Compost may well be...
DRY Laurel Valley Soils and Compost: Like It Never Even Rained!
May 2016 Was the 10th Rainiest May Since 1900. But it didn’t stop our customers, because no matter how WET it was yesterday, we will deliver DRY topsoil and compost today! With...
Cool Facts for National Learn About Composting Day!
So to help you celebrate, and to provide great Memorial Day Party Conversation Topics, Here are 5 Awesome “CLICKS ABOUT COMPOST”! How does COMPOST help SOIL? How does COMPOST...
Jake and Suzanne Go “Site” Seeing in Philly!
“Site” Seeing is not a typo! Jake and I were attending an event hosted by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council in Philly, and decided to make a day out...
Want LAWN ENVY??? Apply STA-Certified Compost!!
Do you know how the best looking lawns in the neighborhood get that way? According to Joe Lamp’l, host of Growing a Greener World, it always begins with a...
Why Choose Laurel Valley Compost?
Like Top Chefs, We Know That Quality Ingredients, Blended Perfectly, Create MASTERPIECES! Compost can be derived from many different types of materials, including yard trimmings, food scraps, leaves, manure,...
STA Certified Compost–The Cream of the Crop!
Good Housekeeping, Energy Star, United Laboratories, USDA Organic. These icons invoke a comfort level; a feeling of trust, safety and quality endowed on the products that carry these coveted...
The Secret Behind Pinterest-Worthy Gardens
Think Gardens Like This Only Exist on Pinterest??? Not So! The simple, not so secret, secret ingredient behind robust gardens is COMPOST! And don’t worry—if you don’t make your...
We’re Taking Compost to New Heights–95 ft Above Chestnut Street!
Cira Green, Philadelphia’s first elevated public park and first blue-green roof, is a 1.25 acre park located on top of Cira Centre South in University City, which sits ninety-five...
At the Radnor Hunt Races, We’re Focusing On What You Can’t See!
So here we are—publishing our FIRST BLOG! I am Suzanne Longacre, Marketing Champion for Laurel Valley Soils. I am extremely lucky to be able to utilize my passion for...